Joyous procession hails JU VC

Savar (Dhaka), Feb 20 – A joyous procession was brought out, yesterday, on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus hailing its VC over her reappointment for the second consecutive tenure.JU teachers and students, under the banner of ‘Jahangirnagar Bishwabidyalay Poribar’, organized the procession that commenced from the Business Studies Faculty.
After parading the important streets of the university, they fell in a meeting at the central Shahid Minar premises before being dispersed.
In the meantime, speakers at the meeting said: ‘The Honorable President, also Chancellor of the university, reappointed Prof Dr. Farzana Islam as the JU Vice Chancellor for the second time, following the University Act. So they who are urging for further VC panel election illegally are opposing the gov’t decision and challenging the reappointment by the Chancellor’.
They, being existing in the authorities, are plotting conspiracy against the university, speakers added.
Prof Dr. Farzana Islam was first elected to the VC office on 2 nd March of 2014 and got reappointed for the second consecutive time on the 15 th February this year. – JU Correspondent